Sport Heartbreak as Australian equestrian star dies aged 38 after losing her legs and both her kidneys to a killer disease as a child

05:52 10 august 2018

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A mother-of-two who lost almost all of her limbs is suing doctors who failed to spot she had sepsis. Magdalena Malec, 31, had to have both of her legs , her right arm and the fingers on her left hand amputated after developing the killer disease while in hospital.

A beloved paralympic equestrian who lost both her legs and kidneys when she was 16 years old has died.

Nicole Kullen was just 16 when she was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis and as a result, lost both her kidneys and had to have both her legs amputated.

The talented equestrian, from Bathurst, 200 kilometres north-west of Sydney, sadly died at age 38.

In August 1996, Ms Kullen contracted the disease and spent six weeks on life support in an induced coma.

Northern Territory woman dies of meningococcal disease in one of two confirmed cases

A woman has died of meningococcal disease in the Northern Territory, the Department of Health confirms, in one of two cases confirmed in the Top End in recent days.The woman, from a remote Top End community, became unwell on July 31 and was airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital, but died on Thursday.

A former cheerleader who lost both of her legs to a rare genetic condition which made her heart stop 78 times has detailed the agonizing moment that she woke up and realized her limbs were gone - and the depression she suffered in the months after the amputation.

Utah mother Tiffany King, 38 , is now a quadruple amputee after a cold turned into pneumonia, and pneumonia turned into a blood infection that nearly killed her .

After coming out of the coma she spent a further six months in hospital recovering from the illness.

Due to the disease, Ms Kullen had limited arm movements, limited strength, no function in both hands and wrists, and had to have her legs amputated.

Her internal organs continued to cause health implications, and four years later she lost all function in both kidneys.

'I was only about 30 minutes away from that being it'

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Heartbreak as new mother whose bone cancer symptoms were misdiagnosed as an exercise injury dies aged 33 - just nine months after she first GP told her she 'd 'overdone it' and referred her to see a physiotherapist. Scans later revealed a mass on her leg , diagnosed as bone cancer.

Despite this, the talented equestrian battled on and continued her passion of riding horses following her release from hospital, the Weekly Times reported.

Ms Kullen competed at the World Para-Dressage Championships in 2007 and the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.

'Nicole was a true ambassador for Para-Equestrian Sport in Australia and this was evident to all that met her,' the Facebook post read.

'Our thoughts are with Nicole’s mother Margaret & Family at this difficult time.'

Girl, 6, dies from allergic reaction to a dairy product in first case of its kind in Western Australia .
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